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Aloha Obama, First Hawaiian President!

Nearly a week has passed since the election, and already it has become difficult to imagine the outcome being anything but Obama. It seems that the world has already embraced our future and we’ve accepted the new wind that has blown through Hawaii, our nation, the world.
But really what direction is the wind blowing? Is [...]

Inside USA Pt. 1 & 2- Al Jazeera produced videos


1972, Breaking News, Hawaii Commemorative Dollar!

Between 1972 and 2008, wouldn’t you think that the token images of Hawaii might have evolved beyond surfing and the statue of King Kamehameha?  Shouldn’t the Chamber of Commerce receive a design credit for the new Hawaii commemorative quarter? 

1617 S. Beretania and Grandmothers.

In a small way, as I think many of us do in our attempt to find ourselves closer to our new national hero, we look for moments in which we can connect to Obama and his struggle to what now seems like a pre-ordained victory for not only the presidency, but for a new kind [...]

A new candidate? What?

Here’s a link to yet another candidate from Hawaii!

Another Difficult Period for Indian Country

New Supreme Court Term May Prove to be Another Difficult Period for Indian Country

WASHINGTON D.C.-The U.S. Supreme Court held its opening conference on September 29, 2008 and, as expected, granted review in two Indian law cases—United States v. Navajo Nation and State of Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs—both of which involve lower court decisions [...]

The “Haole Koa” Rebellion

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to appeal the Hawaii Supreme Court’s ruling forbidding the state from selling or exchanging ceded lands until a political settlement is reached with Native Hawaiians is questionable since the unanimous decision reached by the Hawaii Supreme Court based its decision not simply on the Apology Resolution as presented [...]

U.S. Supreme Court to hear ceded lands case

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the state’s appeal of a lower court decision that forbid the state from selling or exchanging ceded lands until a political settlement was reached with Native Hawaiians.” writes this morning’s Star-Bulletin article.
It’s been suggested that this Writ of Cert. is another federalist, state’s rights push for [...]

Blowin’ in the bigger wind

A little over a week since Hurricane Ike Eisenhower spits on Houston, and still thinking about the prophecy of Dylan and Arguelles, a bigger wave just crashed over Wall St.
The 7th anniversary of 9/11 was pretty much ignored during the news as Hurricane Ike descended upon the center of the oil industry in Houston. [...]

Blowin’ in the Big Wind

Clearly there is chatter over the events that have occured ever since the RNC two weeks ago, conversations that have brought out the best gloom and doom end-of-the-world scenarios. According to Jose Arguelles, the Mayan calendar’s prediction of a harmonic shift will alter our current metaphoric paradigm from the Age of Aquarius into the Piscean [...]